SoftBank Lost $39 Billion in 6 Months, Wiping Out the Bubble Gains of the Vision Funds Since 2017: Easy Come, Easy Go by Wolf Richter • Aug 8, 2022 • 98 Comments Now trying to avoid “a blow that would be irreversible.”
Bank of Japan’s Assets Drop for 2nd Month in a Row by Wolf Richter • Jul 6, 2022 • 81 Comments Possibly confusing to folks in the US financial media that in recent months had hyped some new QE by the BOJ.
Inflation Comes to Japan, amid Plunging Yen, Inflation Subsidies. Bank of Japan Blows it Off as “Transitory,” Throws Yen under Bus by Wolf Richter • May 20, 2022 • 141 Comments The Japanese people are not amused.
Bank of Japan’s Mind Game: Massive Bond Buys to Cap 10-Year Yield? Didn’t Happen. Bond Holdings Actually Fell. But it Worked by Wolf Richter • Apr 7, 2022 • 54 Comments Maybe the BoJ doesn’t want to totally crush the yen?
End of Easy Money: Monstrous Money-Printer Bank of Japan Stops Printing Money, Cuts Government Securities Below July 2020 Level by Wolf Richter • Jan 5, 2022 • 87 Comments Its much-hyped but minuscule stock ETF holdings are on ice too.
Monstrous Money Printer Bank of Japan Stopped Printing Money, Started Unloading Government Securities by Wolf Richter • Nov 3, 2021 • 89 Comments Nikkei 225 is flat with February, when the BoJ started unloading government securities.
One of the Biggest Money Printers, the BoJ, Stopped Printing Money by Wolf Richter • Oct 8, 2021 • 147 Comments All eyes are on the Fed, which will follow. ECB also getting nervous. Other central banks are way ahead.
The Process of Ending Massive Money Printing Has Started by Wolf Richter • Sep 9, 2021 • 261 Comments ECB second giant to taper. Bank of Japan already ended QE. Bank of Canada shed 15% of assets. UK, Australia are tapering. New Zealand quit cold turkey
Bank of Japan Ends its Massive QE that Started when Abenomics Became Economic Religion of Japan by Wolf Richter • Sep 7, 2021 • 85 Comments One of the largest central banks ends QE. End of an era for Japan: Large-scale money printing was one of the three official legs of Abenomics.
Who Bought the $5 Trillion Piled on the Monstrous US National Debt in 15 Months? by Wolf Richter • Aug 17, 2021 • 146 Comments A burning question in these crazy times.
